Pierce City vs Verona

A side-by-side comparison of Pierce City and Verona: population, income, housing, and more.

Pierce City and Verona are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pierce City has the higher population (1,472 vs 443 in Verona). Pierce City has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $43,295 in Verona). Pierce City has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $85,200 in Verona).

Population, income & housing

	Pierce City	Verona
Population	1,472	443
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$43,295
Median home value	$112,000	$85,200
Median gross rent	$779	$906
Housing units	567	191
Homeownership rate	64.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierce City	Verona
Population	1,271 → 1,472 (+15.8%)	647 → 443 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)	$28,633 → $43,295 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $112,000 (+27.6%)	$40,000 → $85,200 (+113.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $779 (+21.3%)	$492 → $906 (+84.1%)

Pierce City

Population

1,2711,472

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$87,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$642$779

Verona

Population

647443

Median household income

$28,633$43,295

Median home value

$40,000$85,200

Median gross rent

$492$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierce City	Verona
Under 5	7.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	30.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.2%
25 to 34	17.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	3.8%	9.0%
75 and over	4.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierce City	Verona
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	57.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierce City	Verona
No high school diploma	17.0%	39.6%
High school graduate	55.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierce City	Verona
Drove alone	63.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	24.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierce City	Verona
1-unit, detached	69.7%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Pierce City	Verona
Poverty rate	29.1%	25.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1967	1961